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Real-Time Patient Feedback Is Helping Shape Safer and Better Maternity Care

Sep 23, 2026
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The Real Test of Nigeria’s Health Reforms Is Whether PHCs Actually Work

Sep 21, 2026
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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

Sep 19, 2026
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Nigeria Needs a Stronger Evidence System to Track Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

Sep 17, 2026
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‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community

Sep 17, 2026
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Closing the Gaps: Nigeria and Kenya’s Primary Healthcare Journey to Comprehensive Quality Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 2, 2025

This article was co-authored by Africa Health Business and Nigeria Health Watch as part of our advocacy efforts to raise awareness and drive action on Universal Health Coverage. In a rural clinic , a mother arrives with her feverish child, hoping for a diagnosis. The nurse on duty, overworked and lack of resources, does her best, […]

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Tunga Residents Push for Healthcare Reform After a Pregnant Woman’s Tragedy

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 1, 2025

When a youth leader’s sister, Hajara, died during childbirth, he vowed that no other family in Farm Centre Tunga will suffer the same fate. That night of loss became the spark that led to a community-built Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) that now saves lives. Yakubu M. Wakili, the community leader of the community noted that, […]

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Cedi by Cedi, Hereafter Ghana’s Digital Crowdfunding Efforts Saves Vulnerable Lives

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 28, 2025

Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen (Lead Writer) For two long years, Hansawu, a mother from Tishigu in Ghana’s Northern region, witnessed her young son, Umar’s, health decline. Despite numerous hospital visits and doctors’ consultations, Umar’s symptoms were still undiagnosed. Frustration and desperation grew as Umar’s stomach swelled, accompanied by a variety of unusual symptoms that evaded diagnosis. Hansawu, […]

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A Small Pill with Big Impact: Multiple Micronutrient Supplements Redefine Maternal Outcomes in Bauchi

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 25, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Hajara Abdullahi, a mother of five in Bauchi State, noted that her health had improved since she started taking Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS), a supplementary drug that provides pregnant women with a mix of essential vitamins and minerals. “It makes me eat well,” she explained, “and I now feel energetic unlike […]

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Shaba Woshi Women Still Choose Traditional Birth Attendants Over Skilled Delivery

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 24, 2025

Many pregnant women continue to give birth at home in Baro ward, Agaie Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger state. This is not by personal choice but because their local health facility cannot meet their basic needs. The Shaba Woshi Primary Healthcare (PHC) facility is a Level 1 facility which serves nine surrounding communities spread […]

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